A little rain didn’t stop the Arbor Day Celebration Friday afternoon at the Grande Vista Park in Great Falls.
The first Arbor Day was celebrated in the United States over 140 years ago, where over 1,000 trees were planted in Nebraska.
On Friday, the Park and Recreation Forestry Division along with the Rainbow Garden Club planted two Ohio Buckeye trees.
Rainbow Garden Club Arbor Day Co-Chairman Lynne Maham said, “We need trees, particularly in this climate, you know we lose so many trees.”
Lynne mentioned they lost two trees this past winter at the park due to the deer eating them. But, they re-planted Buckeye trees in their place.
Rainbow Garden Club Arbor Day Co-Chairman Julie Dulaney said, “I think it’s really important for the education of kids and everything, to come out and really see what we’re doing and to carry on the tradition.”
Lynne added, “Trees are you know, so useful for our environment. They oxygenate our air, they protect us from the wind, and they keep the land from eroding. They just do all kinds of things.”
Since the Rainbow Garden Club started 62 years ago, they have planted a tree in a public place every single year.
